Woodstock · Suburb / Locality

Language in Woodstock

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Woodstock, where only 2.4% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with a very small minority speaking languages other than English in their daily lives.

Open map →
📍 Woodstock, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While English is used by 84.3% of residents, a small number speak Cantonese. Despite this, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.

2.4% ▲ +4.8%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

View on map →

In Woodstock, English only is the majority at 98%; Cantonese is next at 2%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Woodstock

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14414/woodstock/topic/language